The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-06-24
MISSISSIPPI SOUND BOOMING AssoclA.
ION.

spent the last few weeks alol
Mississippi Sound from O.ea
p" Springs 10 Bay st. Louis, comes I
or the conclusion that Florida contain
~ no locality 80 attractive oc comfor
10 aOle, either aS u summer or white
=, resort. a fraction OF the energy
-. advertising and canvasSlng While
nave been employed TO bring Wis.
nc tsrS and population, and consPqueu
III improvement to Florida, be asserts
would have made of this Coast
continuous row of villas and til,
=. towns active aud prosperous, will
3 property values increased manifold
p The Item Is aware that other intel
It ligent and experienced persons have
=, expressed a like opinion and sug
gests, therefore, that Il Mississippi
10 Sound Booming Association be
IT formed. Individual effort must
n necessarily be too limited in its
q reach to accomplish great results
but d combination OF property
owners, in cOnjunc ion with the
railroad interests, would certainly
succeed. Why not thus patriotic
, ally celebrate the Fourth of July I
Let each of the towns send dele.
gates to a convention, which should
formulate plans for permanent,
} practical, continuous work, getting
into proper shape not only the eli.
matte advantages aud pleasant sur
roundings and home comforts, but
listing aud describing property
both improved aud uniDproved-
that is for sale, the opportunities
tor Industrial enterprises aud other
information which the varied needs
aud desires OF humanity call for.
With "a long pull, Il strong pull
and a poll altogether" there is no
doubt OF immense advantages be.
ing secured to the lovely aud dc.
Ii2htful Mississippi Sound section.
N. 0. City Item.
From experience, ocular demon.
stratlon and correspondence of our
Pascagoula Real Estate Agency we
do not hesitate to say that there is
not IA word OF extravaganza in the
above, either in statements Of facts,
or in the estimate of future
possibilities. Our Real Estate
Agency has sent out hundreds
of Bulletins, at first seeking inter.
eSted readers, and now to readers a.,
who seek them and are constantly
ordering copies for distribution. ,
the Item is correct. Individ. I
ual effort is not sufficient, and it ,.
bebooves Il Coast citizens to pnt :,
forth united effort in %fuIthering e
general interests. OurnndevelOped '
resources are too great aud numer. I, .
)us to be so sadly neglected. 1t =,
would seem that none are 80 blind q
ls our own people who are most tC
Interested. For instance, we find OF
he following truthful remarks in N
be New York Maritime Journal: W
1t IS predicted that the port of G.
crantOn, Miss, will, in the near -;
lture, become a very important co
point on the Gulf Coast. of
he entrance to the harbor has o NJ
depth OF twenty feet OF water, 50
1t is said 10 be increasing an br
naliy by natural process. The til
irbor is also Il safe one. All that G.,
needed to make the port more vi
.tractlve to vessels is better shin oh
NC facilities, including adequate in,
llrOad communications with the wi
AS these are acquired eu
will add to her shipping he
idc. Mobile and other adjacent to
rtS Will have to be careful that :
ey are not superseded in certain Go
Anches of this industry by that gtl
lpOrt, as it will no doubt sOOn he mn
own more widely Than it has COZ
ELL. The material advantages of SIN
; harbOr of Scranton are many, fro
d it is upon these that lis future re-,
pOrtance depends. Co
This, of course, refers to the port so
PascagOula, recently so tavora. eve
considered as a railroad termI. Ln'
5 by Col. Karweise, of Louisville, ~
:, in the interest of seeking CAPT. lai,
Why not bring these things nel
re fully to the notice of the u'u
rid Florida has nothing to H..
ell us, with all her boom and mi,
g progressive strides. We are exc
ply sleeping while opportunities ser
by. MA
PascagouIa Real Estate rho
ency is doing a great deal in uni
line, but the undertaking is too ma
for individual effort, while it ON.
lid amount 20 but little to united re-
TT and a little capital judiciously a IN
If t
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IFTY THREE pOstofices will re- the
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